She has interviewed some of the biggest movers and shakers in the world, including former President Bill Clinton, British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Hussein of Jordan, the Daily Mail said.

Baria Alamuddin has said she believes she plays a role in linking the moderate Muslim world to the West.

“I speak on behalf of moderate Muslims who are being cast aside in this war against terrorism,” she once said.

The bride-to-be’s dad, Ramzi is a retired professor of business studies at the American University of Beirut.

George Clooney and Talia Balsam were married from 1989 to 1993.Photo: WireImage